Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

"Mold" is one of the major facets of contributing factors when people end up with complex, chronic illness that is along the lines of 'chronic fatigue and pain'.  Four letters. "A four letter word.....", I say, jokingly.  read more »

I'm inclined to suggest to people who want to know what Lumigrate has to offer about chronic Lyme, fatigue, pain, neurological degeneration, etc. to  'just go to the forums at Lumigrate and look around, after you've looked at all the other links briefly and gotten the overview'.   read more »

Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) have a negative impact on wellness. The EMF sources that are conventionally known and disclosed are many, and how much they emit varies.  We have been shocked in recent generations in the rise in chronic illnesses, but it was a very gradual rise over many generations.  Therefore, many people were not focusing on the cumulative causes. It was kind of like putting a frog in water and gradually raising the temperature -- we just didn't react, as a society (in the US, I am speaking about, but this applies 'beyond').  read more »

I was fortunate to connect with a very experienced and successful Lyme advocate in the United States who knows the ropes from the inside of the Lyme community. Currently beginning therapy using bee stings, she has been fighting the fights one has to go through with insurance and disability and the providers, and has regained her abilities to communicate and she's just a 'ball of fire' from St. Louis, "the middle" of the United States.

Recently she suggested this website, CFS/ME (+ Lyme) Recovery Path --  read more »

I suspect that the 'sexual' aspect of this topic is getting people's attention. Combining this with the growing awareness by people with 'chronic illnesses', that I globally refer to on Lumigrate as 'the overlapping illnesses', becoming aware that Lyme is frequently part of the 'palate' of separate items their body carries and adds to the body's burden -- this is going to be a 'hot topic' going around the Internet I suspect. Hence I wanted to have a topic addressing it on Lumigrate.     read more »

NEW information about fibromyalgia just went around the Internet like wildfire, once again. I've observed many waves of this in the five years since I've transitioned from a 100% in-person, face to face, 'brick and mortar' business format for educating people about fibromyalgia, which was a part of my business as an occupational therapist in an outpatient clinic by the end of that phase of my career in medicine, to 100% Internet-based as I did for a couple of years and then worked to doing a bit of both.  read more »

"Researchers say they have found physical proof that Gulf War illness is caused by damage to the brain — and that proof may ultimately help civilians who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia" the byline says, as you will see below, to this most interesting new finding out in the mainstream media recently.  read more »

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale: Do YOU Have Sleep Apnea?

How Sleepy Are You?

How likely are you to doze off or fall asleep in the following situations?

You should rate your chances of dozing off, not just feeling tired.  read more »

How common is fibromyalgia (FM)?  read more »

 How common is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / CFS?  read more »